Puzzle



W. H. SMILEY.

PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I5. IUI?.

1,309,659. Patented July I5, 1919.

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WILLIAM H. SMILEY, 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed January 15, 1917. Serial No. 142,388.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM Il. SMILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to puzzles, and more particularly to a puzzle comprising a plurality of individual blocks arranged in a 'frame and bearing suitable marks or wording having meaning when arranged in proper order, and adaptable for individual movement of the blocks in the frame to effect the desired arrangement; the object of the present invention being to provide apuzzle o this character wherein the blocks are provided with portions of independent subject matters, such as individual words or parts of a story, so that while a number of blocks in the set may bear the same wording for one subject matter, the certainty as to the position of such blocks may be had because of the parts of the other subject matter contained thereon.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure I is a plan view of the puzzle showing the blocks in their proper arrangement.

Fig. II is a cross-section of the same.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

1 designates a frame comprising a bottom 2 and side rails 3; the structure herein shown being square, although I do not wish to be limited to that particular shape, as any frame of the proper size to contain the number of blocks constituting the puzzle may be used.

Located within the frame 1 and confined by the sides 3 are blocks a of any number and which when arranged in the frame completely fill the same and lie in close relation to each other. Each of the blocks bears one or more words 5 of a major story and one or more Awords 6 of a minor story; the preferred arrangement being that wherein the major story contains a number of words equal to the number of blocks in the set but one, so that each block may bear a single word of that story and the minor story is of greater length, so that each block must bear a number of words therein in order that the story may be complete when all of the blocks but one are arranged in proper order. On several of the blocks, in the present instance four, I may arrange the names of the disciples. In the present embodiment I have shown the Yfour corner blocks 7, 8, 9 and 10 with ythe names of the disciples Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the order named so that when the blocks are in their proper relative positions, the blocks marked with the names of the disciples will be at the four corners of the lield indicating the four corners ot' the earth, the positions which they will assume when the puzzle has been solved. The extra block is provided in order to fill in the frame but is removed when the blocks are being arranged in order to provide for movement et the blocks within the frame and about each other to effect the proper arrangement.

As an illustration of the use of the puzzle I have utilized the Lords Prayer as the major story and provided sixty-four blocks forming the square, sixty-three of the blocks, each bearing one word of the prayer. In the minor story I have used the Ten Commandments, and as the number of words therein is considerably in excess of the number of words in the Lords Prayer, each block bears a plurality of the words of the Commandments; the words of the Commandments on the blocks being arranged in two lilies, but reading across the blocks, so that when the latter are in arrangement the usual process of reading from line to line may be followed.

In using the puzzle, assuming the mechanical parts to be constructed as described, and the blocks bearing the subject matter mentioned, or other subject matter susceptible to like treatment, the blocks are placed in the frame in other than the desired arrangement and then moved about within the frame until they are in the proper order to enable the stories to be read thereon.

It is apparent that even with a short story some words will occur a number of times, so that a person might use one of several blocks to eii'eet the arrangement desired, but that by printing the double story on the blocks each block has a definite position relative to the others so that each block must assumeI and the Ten Commandments Will appear in the square with proper eordination With a block having special indicia at each corner of the square.

2. A puzzle comprising a number of blocks which when placed together Will form a square, each block having two sets of indicia on the fact thereof, certain of the blocks having a third set of indicia on .their respective faces, the yblocks being so designed that when arranged in proper sequence, the tWo sets of indicia will appear in predetermined continuity 'with those blocks having a third set-0f indicia in predetermined proper relative positions.

In testimony whereof I aliX my signature.

WILLIAM I-I. SMILEY.

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Washington, D. C. 

